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ARTIST<br />
Carrying the weight of<br />
any question, whatever<br />
it is, is harder the<br />
longer you carry it, and<br />
in a world where we<br />
can get a resolution<br />
through googling or<br />
prejudging, or doubletapping<br />
for a heart, that<br />
uncomfortableness is<br />
almost too much to bear,<br />
something that seems<br />
almost wrong.<br />
There is a tool that can<br />
ease the discomfort:<br />
curiosity. Curiosity asks,<br />
“What is that?” It says,<br />
“What if?” And with a<br />
smile at the corners of<br />
its mouth, not a wrinkled<br />
brow, continues, “Hmm,<br />
would you look at that?”<br />
It doesn’t judge the<br />
discomfort but gives<br />
you orthotic insoles<br />
for standing for longer<br />
periods while looking at<br />
it. And while it doesn’t<br />
push us further into<br />
something, it keeps us<br />
from running away,<br />
ultimately, from people<br />
who are trying to<br />
communicate to us, keeps<br />
us from running from ourselves.<br />
It helps us stay and say “I am not sure how<br />
I feel.”<br />
I’m not certain the time is right for me to say,<br />
Let’s cross the borders. I think that’s too big a<br />
task for us right now and, frankly, a way<br />
to dismiss the idea. We’re too wrapped up in<br />
our notions of hygge and no dissenting opinions<br />
and defining what art is and what is an<br />
authentic cuisine and who has the copyrights<br />
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